Salome (disciple)

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Maria Salome with her husband Zebedee and their children Johannes Evangelista and Jakobus maior, Altar of the Holy Tribe, Langenzenn (Bavaria)

Salome ([ ˈzaːlome ]), also Maria Salome or Salome of Galilee , was a disciple of Jesus according to the New Testament . According to the Gospel of Mark, she was one of the women who attended the crucifixion of Jesus ( Mk 15.40  EU ) and who were the first to come to the empty tomb after his resurrection ( Mk 16.1  EU ).

In the Christian tradition, Salome is identified as the mother of the apostles James the Elder and John because the Gospel of Matthew instead of a "Salome" designates one of the women under the cross as the "mother of the sons of Zebedee" ( Mt 27.56  EU ). That would make her the wife of Zebedee as the father of the two apostles.

According to biblical and apocryphal legends, which were considered as early medieval, Salome was the half-sister of Maria (mother of Jesus) and Maria Cleophae . According to the Legenda aurea , Maria Cleophae was the mother of James the Younger , Judas Thaddäus and Simon Zelotes .

In apocryphal Secret Gospel of Mark Salome is once again mentioned (10.46). This could be an indication that Salome originally had a greater meaning in the New Testament tradition, but that this was retrospectively reduced through deletions. In apocryphal texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Greek Gospel of Egypt , Salome is even explicitly referred to as his disciple in two dialogues with Jesus.

Tradition has it that Salome, along with Maria Kleophae and Sara-la-Kâli , fled the persecution of Christians on a ship from Israel and landed at the place in southern France that is now called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer after them . According to another legend, Salome came to Veroli in central Italy, of which she is still today. In Germany only the veneration in the Michaelskapelle von Ovenhausen in the Hochstift Paderborn is known. Salome is also venerated as a saint .

Memorial days

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://ovenhausen.de/kirche/kirchliche-einrichtungen/salome-patrozinium/
  2. ↑ (Maria) Salome of Galilee in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
personal data
SURNAME Salome
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mary Salome of Galilee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Disciples of Jesus
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century